Comments on: Some baffling movie data

By: Ezra

Ezra — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:46:11 +0000

In response to Holly, what about ‘Bee Movie’? I don’t know if it was promoted for as long as ‘Fred Claus’ has been, but the hype for it has been utterly shameless.

By: Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:18:07 +0000

My bad. Change that to “until he was nominated.”

By: Cuba Slayer

Cuba Slayer — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:32:00 +0000

Point well-taken, Cincinnatus, except Paul Giamatti has NOT (yet) won and Oscar…it just goes to show that “winning” acting awards is more a luck of the draw than anything, given that Jennifer Hudson and Roberto Benigni have Academy Awards, unlike Cary Grant and Glenn Close (to name just two)…BTW, am I the only one who thinks Fred Claus won’t be nearly as dreadful as Lions for Lambs, which has its share of Oscar nominees/winners?

By: Cincinnatus

Cincinnatus — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 20:01:42 +0000

Being nominated for an Oscar or winning one or even being in a movie with any Oscar buzz is the exception, not the rule for all actors. The rest they do for cash and to keep their name out there. Winning is usually a fluke, the right combination of events coming together.
They were all in dopey movies before they won and will continue to be in them afterwards. A statue’s not going to stop that. Remember, Giamatti was always ‘that guy – what’s his name’ in all his movies like Planet of the Apes until he won. Voight will appear in any movie he’s asked to. Acting like these people are above this stuff is laughable. Maybe your disgust is really that with all these stars, why isn’t the end product better than this?

By: Amp

Amp — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:24:29 +0000

Berry and Paltrow got Oscars for trying really hard not to be pretty in a movie. See also Julia Roberts (white trash in Erin Brochovich), Nicole Kidman (a fake nosed Virginia Woolf), and Charlize Theron (as an ugly lesbian serial killer). Even Hillary Swank could fit the rule for pretending to be a boy in Boys Don’t Cry. Somebody ought to cast a really ugly woman, make her really pretty, and see if the reverse is true.

By: card

card — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 18:10:28 +0000

I think it’s all about the money and residuals. Will these two movies make a lot of money? Yes. Will the actors be compensated for it? Yes.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:58:11 +0000

I don’t know what I think of Berry’s acting, but I’d like to echo Greg’s sentiments. Ditto Gwyneth Paltrow, though I do like to watch her. How come they keep denying Kate Winslet, eh? I guess she needs to do some really horrible movie now.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:43:27 +0000

Don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but Berry won the Oscar for finally being naked. She isn’t a good actress, at all.

By: thejoeinme

thejoeinme — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:32:52 +0000

To Steve S: Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. in Daddy Day Camp/Norbit/Love Boat/Radio/Chill Factor/A Murder of Crows/Pearl Harbor/Rat Race/Snow Dogs?

By: Holly

Holly — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:22:28 +0000

Fred Claus is being shoved down our throats more than any movie in recent history…at least it feels that way. It’s like they’re determined to make us go see it no matter how bad it is. And I’m suspecting it’s really, really bad. The previews are cringe-inducing.